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VOL. XXVI.
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, }920
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CROW FARMER’S !
. FRIEND AND FOE
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“Twice as Good as He Is Bad ”;
Writer Says of Persecuted
Bird.
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IS BACKED BY UNCLE SAM
Kills Young Chickens and Destroys
Eggs of Other Birds, But on
Other Hand He Kills Field
Mice and Insects.
Washington.—The United Slates bi
ological survey sends out a bulletin
about the crow. It says that the big,
black fellow is the farmer’s friend and
should not be exterminated, and it
goes on to assert that many crows re
cently examined were found to eat 38
per cent grain and G2 per cent May
beetles, tussock moths, grasshoppers,
gypsy moths, array worms, chinchbugs
and brown moths. So he is about twice
as good as he is bad.
But the crow also kills young chick- |
ens and destroys the eggs of other i
birds, Georgf F. Burba writes In the
•Columbus Dispatch. Charge that up
against him along with the 38 per cent j
grain which he eats. Then on the
•other hand, set down a large number ,
•of field mice and cutworms which he
also gets away with and there is still !
a balance in his favor. Besides, much
of the grain the crow eats would be
'wasted anyway, since he picks up the
scattered kernels in the field and eats j
a lot of very poor corn and wheat that
"wouldn’t be any account to anybody
•else.
Hunted Become Intelligent.
The government bulletin isn’t going j
to have much effect, one way or an
other, however. Everybody takes a
■shot at a crow whenever he gets a
chance, but the crows persist. They
Shave been warred upon so much that
they have become very intelligent.
Take note of that—anything that is
warred upon or hunted becomes intel
ligent. The hunted birds and animals
acquire knowledge and cunning, or
whatever you want to call it. Other
wise they would disappear.
If crows were stupid and sat around
on fences when they see a man in the
field with a gun; if they built their
nests where the nests could he easily
broken up; if they did not help each
other by giving warning of approach
ing danger, there would be no crows.
But everyone seems to he an enemy of
the glossy fellow, and be knows that
he must keep at a safe distance.
He learns that he must build his |
nest high up in a tree, away from hu- j
man habitation, and watch out every |
moment for somebody or something
that would kill him. All of this has !
made him what we call one of the
most intelligent of birds.
The Crow as a Pet.
Ana still the crow is a sociable bird.
He likes human beings, when they;
treat him right. He makes a splendid
pet, although a naughty one, in that
he is always getting into trouble. If
you will take a crow when it is young
and raise it it becomes as gentle as a
chicken.
He likes to be around the house,
where there are a lot of boys, but at
every opportunity he will fly upon the
table and snatch the food, or carry
scissors or thimbles or spools of
thread or Jewelry away and hide them.
He is a mischief maker with the hens
and chickens and fusses and quarrels
and wrangles with the dog that sleeps
upon the porch.
But he will not desert the family;
he will remain with the boy that feeds
him and attends to him, although he
may take a trip occasionally to the
fields and talk to the other crows, com
ing hack at night to his regular roost.
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Find 5>'<aces of 0li 4.
t of incorporation were grant
ed .o' the VM- *ort\ CaroI;n“v 9!1
Company by the Secretary o State
_... „ _. . caxntal stock
with an authorized * . .
$200,000 and $300 paid J?- f’
Betts, of Raleigh; W. Tracy ^le61in
and H. Burton Harward. of ApelT.^-^,
The corporation owns a tract of
land three miles from the town of
Apex, 17 miles from Raleigh. Traces
of oil were found in digging wells for
water to supply a sAwmill. The wells
rwere sunk to a depth of 125 and 130
feet, and were 500 yards apart.
•Brock i« Certified Nominee.
W. L. Brock has notified the State j
board of elections he will not a«k for
« second primary in the seventh dte
trict and W. C. Hammer has accord
ingly been certified as the Democratic
candidate for congress, which insures
bis election.
Formal request ter a second pri*
friary was made t,o the board by O.
hfax Gardner, candidate for the Dem
ocrat';; gubematorfs. nomination
against Cameron Morrlsor, who led i
him in the first primary.
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DAREDEVIL STEEPLEJACK i
This picture shows Robert Burns of
Chicago, who makes his living paint
ing steeples, chimneys, towers, etc.
But in this picture he is earning his
weekly wage demonstrating for one of
the large insurance companies how
other painters fall and are killed.
A short time before this picture was
taken a painter was killed by a fall
from this chimney, and Mr. Burns is
showing how it happened.
He has a long rope and springs at
tached to his back to break the fall.
Mr. Burns has a monopoly in his line,
for there are very few applicants for
this job.
S This picture shows Burns falling .
from the top of the chimney.
Both Gobble the Gobbler.
Falmouth, Ky.—Another Solomon Is !
needed here to settle ownership of a j
! turkey gobbler claimed by C. T. Bailey |
and Eli jail Moore, neighboring farm
ers. Th* two men kept the road dusty
carrying the bird back and forth be
tween their homes until a writ put
the dispute into court.
Houstonville Et i News
Farmers are through laying
by their corn and cotton but the
work has just begun in the to
' baeco fields.
Mr. John Trivette and famiiy
of Winston were the guests of
his aunt, Mrs. Annie Wilkins,
last Friday.
! Misses Sallie, Bet and Tishie
j Cleary of Yadkinville spent last
! week with relatives in this sec
: tion.
j Rev Walter Isenhour preach*
j ed a special sermon to the young
people last Sunday morning at
Wesley Chapel. Qu®te a large
crowd were present*
Application For Pardon
State of North Carolina,
Yadkin County.
t Notice is hereby given that up
1 plication will be made to the
1 (to vein or of North Carolina, Eon,
; Thos. W. Bickett, for the pardon
5 of John Out ter, who was eonvict
| ed at the March term, for
. barn burning,, and sentenced to
• the State prison for a term of ten
years, **
All persons having objections
I will please file the same with the
, Governor on or before August lit,
ULiE Cattpw;
y be of Joh n Carr eit
V, notice
Havmg qualified as executrix of
the estate of Stephen Benny deed
late of the- county of, Yadkior,
North Carolina, all persons bol&i
i :ag Claims a gains * said estate a1^
hereby notified to present them
to me properly authenticated on
or before tLe 15th day of JuUe
1921, or this notice will b^
pleaded in bar of their recovery; j
and all persons indebted to s.hd ;
estate are requested to makepav.-j
meut at oDce. This 15th day ofij
; J une, 1920. ;
E. G. MYElhS, Ad mi1,
i WkliaiBw & iieavis, A ttys 1
Tuieves Take Tires From
Garage
Unknown thieves broke into
the garage of Frauk Eddleman
ou Route 2, Wednesday night
and stole $250 00 worth of good
automobile cas;ngs.
Sheriff MoxIey went down
and investigated the matter but
found no trace of the tires. The
lock to the door was cut with
bolt clippers, which the Sheriff
thinks c^me from tue shop of
Mr, P. L. Kiger at Enon, as he
had a pa»r taken from his place.
One Mansfield Carter, color
ed, was taken on suspicion bui
no direct evidence has been se
cured against him for the garage
theft. A warrrant was served
on him, however, for stealing a
pistol from Larkin Adams and
he was placed in jail where he
still remains.
Mr. Eddleman is a hard work
ing man and his iriends fully
sympathise with him in his loss.
Millionaire Socialist and 19
Others Sent to Prison
Chicago, Aug. 1 — William
Bross Lord, millionaire social
ist and nineteen other members
of the communist Labor party,
tonight were found guilty by a
jury of conspiracy to overthrow
the government of the United
State?.
The defendants were given
Aarious sentences, most of them
getting from one to five years in
the penitentiary, a few being
given linos ir addition and sev
eral were sentenced to one year
iD jail. Lord got the haviest
: sentence being given one to fqe
years in the pen and a tine of
| $2,000 in addition.
The sentences are for the
State penitentiary and the Cook
| county jail.
The defendants were charged
with conspiracy to overthrow
the government, etc,
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New Deputy Marshall For
Yadkin County
j Mr. W. E. O^burn of Winston
ston-Salem has been appointed
Deputy Marshall for Stokes,'
Forsyth, Davie and Yadkin
counties. Mr. Ogburn was ap
pointed Monday by Mr. Charles
A. Webb of the United States
Revenue Departmeut.
FARM FOR SALE
133 acres in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, in 20 minutes of
fa live town with 3 banks,
jchuiches, markets, railroad etc.
j This farm has 40 acres of fine
bottom land that will pasture 30
| head of dairy cows or steers.
Balance of farm in high state of
cultivation, Average crops 70
j bushels of corn, 30 bushels or
j wheat, potatoes and oats in pro
! portion. This farm, has two
I yard orchards with fruits Of all
II mds. Good spring and run
Ining waiOt* £Ul lihQUSll place.
Has 12-room frame house, big
bank barn that will accommo*
te 30 head of cattle and 6
hors es’ 2 cribs that will hold
1 000 b ushels corn. an(* 2°od out‘
This farm i: z rrc
buntings. . ,
j .a moneymaker and
ducer and . _ * . ,,
must be sold. . . „ . ...
. 1 is offenng this
w.th no help anu ,7 ooc
farm for quick sa. .
$2,000 cow a and bv ^
time at low rate of intetv
'arm is a bargain and S3BK
wrfd once. If interested*
mice lor further iafortma*
th'n> be. ward®??,. I
Chester G&, Pi&l
Interesting Tobacco News
Very few people realize just
how many pounds of tobacco
wasjproduced in Yadkin county
lastiyear and the amount it
brought to the farmers of Yadkin
county. This county produced
3.775,000 pounds which sold for
more thafi two million dollars.
This information is gathered by
Frank Parser, Agricultural sta
tistician at Raleigh. These fig
ures show that several counties
in the Piedmont section produc
ed more than Yadkin, some of
them being larger counties. Pitt
county stands at the head of the I
list with over 20 million pounds j
and Robeson second with more
than 12 million. The complete
list of the counties is as follows:
Surry 8,811,000
Rockingham 6,446,000
Caswell 8,578,000
Person 7,618,000
Granville 10,290,000
Yadkin 3,665,000
Forsyth 4,4476,000
Guilford 6,850,000
Johnson 10,281,000
Robeson 12,207,000 j
Moore 2,368,000 i
Pitt 20,900,000j
Mr. Parker says cotton used to
be the leading money crop in
North Carolina, but it has been
succeeded by King tobacco. On
ly a few years ago, he con tin
ues, tobacco was a very risky
crop. Iis growing barely made
ends meet. Tobacco lands were
cheap. But now the tobacco
farmers are the wealthiest, their
lands are the highest priced. The
North Carolina total acreage
and value n u w equals Ken
tucky’s.
In Mr. Parker’s "Farm Fore
caster,” a very interesting little
bulletin which we have before
us, is pictured a long train called
“The U. S. A. train of States”
crops, arranged in the order of
value. Texas comes firt, Iowa
second, Illinois third and North
Carolina fonrth with crop val
ued at $683,168,00b. The whole
U. S. A. Train is carrying crops
valued at $12,686,57311009, which
is equal to more than all other
industries of the nation combin
ed.
Mr. Parker further says of to
bacco, which will be very inter
esting to the farmers of Stokes.
“The crop that put North Car
olina to the front in crop values
was tobacco. It is the best mon
ey crop at present. Our toial
acreage an value is about equal
to Kentucky’s, which is the only
rival. The national crop is re
duced over two per cent, in
acreage. The North Carolina
crop five per c increase
1 means that other States had a
; greater decrease than appears, j
L The July condition of 84 per!
\ cent, indicates a good pioduc-;
1 tion but not nearly as great as
the 1,801,200,000 pounds p^ade
last year. Ihcre i§ yiq great
cOttipfeiitidfi With the i^orth Car
olina bright leaf, as this greatly'
’ demanded type is not grown ex
■ tensiveJy elsewhere.”
Nurses Wanted
Pupil nurses wanted for State
Tosrltn! nt Morgan ton. $30 per
i mouth for beginners, with in
i crease for second and third years
s up to $40. Board, room, (sepa
. rate from Hospital wards) , laun
3 fry and uniform furnished. Op
S portuuitv for course in Nurses’
e Training School for young wom
| Address SuperiwteDdanfc,
K r)Yt" John Mc<'nmpbell, Morgau
N.C
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Says Taxing System is a
Disgrace
John .] Parker, of Monroe, Re
publican candidate for Govern
or, denounced the revaluation
act and plead for tax reforms
in a speech to his supporters and
others at Carthage, N. C., a few
days ago. He said in part:
“The present taxing system is
a disgrace to the state. It was
framed for the conditions of 501
years ago. It puts an undue!
burden on agriculture. It is un-!
just to the farmer whom we need
to encourage. We need a new
system of taxation. The general
piope-ty tax as the basis of taxa
tion is antiquated. What we
need is a new system based up
on the income tax. The income
tax is ihe faiest sort of tax be-1
cause it taxes in accordance with
ability to Day. Its burden falls
lightly upon agriculture. It is
collected largely from manulac
luring and commerce.
“The revaluation act is rot a
step forward but a step back
ward. It does not create a new
system, but provides a new
method of valuing property un
i der the old system. It is wrong in
i principle, because it gives arbi
i trary power to the state tax com
I mission, fn practice its effect
I will be to increase the burden
j on the farmer. i
| We are told that rate*- wilibej
j lowered as vales will be raised ;
I for the farmer. We are told !
j that taxes cannot be increased;
| over 10 per cent. The law lim- j
i its tor this year the total iaxes to I
110 per cent, increase, but the in- j
; dividual taxes are not limited in j
I that way, neither is the limitation !
! binding upon future legislation, j
The result is that real estate is
going to oa taxed to pav the
money which the state will lose
by ioweriytg the tax on other’
classes of property. The value!
| of railroad property has not been j
i ,
i raised, consequently when the
I rate is lowered the rairoads will
pay less tax. The holder of
stocks and bonus will pa}’ less
'tax. Where is the money to'j
| come from? It must come out
1 of land.
| “It is preposterous to hear the
i claim made that the revaluation
act was passed in the interest of i
fairness and honesty when we
remember that the legislature
which passed it also passed the
stodk of certain foreign corpo
rations to the extent of $2,000,
1 000,
The revaluation act was pass
ed in order to throw the buiden
oi stale government upon the
shoulders of the farther and the
land owner. It was passed be
cause the state had to ha,ye more
revenue, and the tax rate could
not be raised unde;* the constitu
| lion, and we wc^ld have had to
; hsve more re.v&nue, and the tax
I couldn’t ^aised under the con
jsUtUi^on, and we would have
‘ had to hit the corporation with
| an increase fn franenise tax if
more money could not have
been raised by raising the value
pf the farmer’s land. I say rais
ing the value of the farmer’s
land, because while real estate
in towns and cities have been
assessed at about twice its form
er valuation, farm lands have
been put on the tax book at five
and six times the iormer value.
The revaluation act was the
sceme of certain corporations to
evade tax themselves and place
the burden npon the landowner.
If you doubt it, ask J. W. Bail
ey, now Democratic collector of
revenue, formerly editor of the
Biblical Recorder. He says that
. a man who believes that the re
valuation act was passed foi
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Junior Order Picnic at
Boonville Saturday
Tin' annual Junior Order pic
nic and Educational rally to be
held at Boonville Saturday,
August 7, 1920 is expected to be
the best ever held. The princi
pal speaker will be Hon. L. C.
Brogden of Raleigh, state in
spector of public schools The
members of the different Jr.
Councils will meet at the Boon
ville lodge rooms at 10 o’clock
and march in a body to the au
ditorium of the High srhool
building where the address will
be delivered- Aster the speak
ing dinner will be served in the
hirge grove on the school
grounds.
Everybody is Invited and ask
dd to brin^ a well filled basket.
No admission fee charged.
To Stop CoaJ Speculation
I Washington, July Aug. 1-Op
erators engaged in the export of
bituminous coal at a meeting
here tonight took steps to elimi
nate speculation in shipments of
coal from mines in tidewater
ports, either for export or tor
trans-shipment to American
ports.
Plans to defeat attempts to
speculation involving a severe
limitation on the consignment
jof cars was discussed, the oper
| ators said, and a committee he*.d*
led by \Y. L. Andrews of Ba'ui
j more w as chosen to work out
j the measures to be taken.
! The plans are to be submitted
'to the Interstate Commerce
| Commission and railway ixu
! utives tor co-operation.
■ Speculation, the operators
stated. “ ot only had disorgan
ized market prices on coa! but
led to congestion of the toads
sand in the terminals by tying up
jcars arid duplicating move
ments. The plans proposed, D.
B Went of the National Coal
Association, declared in a state
ment after the meeting will not
| interfere with the legitimate eon
dvct of business hut will mini
mize the opportunities i'or harm
ful s eculation in coal either for
export or domestic deliven.”
Hording Sees Party Lead
ers
Marion, O., Aag. 9.—Political
issues and questions of campaign
management were discussed by
Senator Harding tnday at a
string ol conferences which oc
cupied his attention irome early
forenoon until, evening.
Among his callers were Repub
lican leaders from seve v a l
States an *• in addition to politic
al conditions severrl questions
ol campaign proceedure are un
deistood tc havs been considcr
' ed.
.' The proposal ior a joiiii
t]hate between the Republican
f j and Democratic presidential
, | nominees is said to have been
’ suggestea out Senator Harding
is no! expected Oy his advisers
; to to take prri ia
, event, Several inviuilions for a
t debate neve been received from
various seefions of the coun.ry
„ but the Harding managers here
k are not inclined to favor accept
ance.
) honesty or equalization ought to
5 be sent to tbe school for the fee
. bleminded.
“I pledge iny administration
f to a' sincere attempt to give
; North Carolina a just taxing
t system. Lrt us tear up root and
brunch th’s iniquitous revalue
r|tn>aschune.
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